Hallucinations
[A/N: This is my first real attempted fic that is non-serial, so be NICE, excuse me, and tell me what to do . . . Thanx. Please don't spam me! =)]
All the Animorphs were getting ready to go on a mission. Ever since Eva had died, Marco had become different. Almost giddy. But not with excitement. The others were waiting at the pool, and Jake was trying to convince Marco to come, who only wanted to play Doom. Then, all of a sudden, he wanted to come again.
"You sure you're okay Marco?" asked Jake worriedly. "You don't have to come, you know."
"Oh, you don't worry about me, man, Jake ol' buddy, o fearless leader. I can fight fine, all right, fine, ya' hear me? On the count of three, say 'Yes!' One, two, three!"
"There's no one else but me," said Jake uncertainly.
"I don't care. What's up with you guys?" Marco gestured to no one. "Why won't you cooperate! This is my birthday! See the banners and the balloons?"
"Marco, your birthday is next month."
Marco ignored him. "The least you could do is to sing 'Happy Birthday!' Please?"
Marco nodded, as if receiving an answer. "All right, sing it!"
He rocked back and forth, as if listening to something. "Thanks guys, that was beautiful. We have some really talented singers here."
Now Jake was really worried. "Marco, are you all right? We do have to morph, you know."
"All right, all right, I'll morph. Isn't he such a nagger?"
They morphed to osprey and peregrine falcon. As soon as they flew out of the window, Marco said,
{LOOK! There's the guy that kept shooting us!} and kept on dodging invisible blows.
{Marco, you really shouldn't come.}
{No! ARE YOU KIDDING? Rachel would agree with me, wouldn't you, hun'?}
{"Hun?" Marco, you really shouldn't come.}
{Nonsense!} And he sped ahead, leaving Jake helpless to stop him.
They reached the Yeerk pool. Rachel said crossly, "What took you guys so long?"
{Well, we . . .}
"Never mind, just demorph and remorph to battle morphs.}
Once they barged in, Marco began having hallucinations again. He punched at imaginary Taxxons and slammed imaginary Hork-Bajir into the walls. Then he hallucinated he saw his mother.
{Mom!} he cried.
A figure took advantage of his pause and dragged him off. But he was no use, for when he was infested, he kept having hallucinations that were so strong the Yeerk couldn't control them.
Visser Three attempted it, but failed. So he ordered Marco to be executed. The Animorphs tried to save him, but failed, and got Tobias killed in the making. But after Marco died, they never mourned his loss. Never. Except for Jake, who once in a while would ask God to take care of him, because Marco was just insane.
Hopefully.